
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
At the end of 2020, Pastor Tewell shared 20 things that God has laid on his heart for us to pursue over the next 20 years.
- Continue keeping the main thing the main thing (Soulwinning, outreach, evangelism)
- Continue being conservative, Bible-based, and traditional in our approach to ministry
- Continue improving the quality of ministry to all age groups of our church (Children’s Pastor Intern, Senior Care Pastor)
- Continue moving forward in faith
- Continue strengthening our relationship with Great Light Baptist Church and Academy in Korea
- Start 10 new churches in the United States (5 from our church)
- Start supporting 30 new missionaries (Taking us to 150 missionaries)
- Start providing foreign missions opportunities for our congregation
- Start a second church campus in Daphne, AL
- Start a formal discipleship program
- Start running our bus ministry again
- Start expanding our special needs ministry
Start a new addiction help ministry (DONE) - Improve our early childhood development center by building a new daycare and kindergarten facility
- Improve the auditorium situation for our Spanish congregation
- Improve our bus fleet
- Improve the exterior of our facilities including a better drop-off awning, parking flow, and parking lot lights
- Finish remodeling the adult Sunday school building
- Finish remodeling the auditorium
- Finish paying off the mortgage on the church (debt-free) right now set for 10 years
- Prepare for successful pastoral succession